The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contTaylor & Maury, 1854 |
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... given arms to them . We believe it is the practice of every white nation to give arms to the neighboring Indians . The agents of Spain have done it abundantly , and , we suppose , not out of their own pockets , and this for purposes of ...
... given arms to them . We believe it is the practice of every white nation to give arms to the neighboring Indians . The agents of Spain have done it abundantly , and , we suppose , not out of their own pockets , and this for purposes of ...
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... given in conformity to the laws of neutrality , to effectuate the restoration of or to make compensation for prizes , which shall have been made of any of the parties at war with France , subsequent to the fifth day of June last , by ...
... given in conformity to the laws of neutrality , to effectuate the restoration of or to make compensation for prizes , which shall have been made of any of the parties at war with France , subsequent to the fifth day of June last , by ...
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... given in your letter of the 4th instant , that certain citizens of St. Domingo , lately arrived in the United States , were associating for the purpose of under- taking a military expedition from the territory of the United States ...
... given in your letter of the 4th instant , that certain citizens of St. Domingo , lately arrived in the United States , were associating for the purpose of under- taking a military expedition from the territory of the United States ...
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... given to either , unless stipulated by treaty , in men , arms , or anything else directly serving for war ; that the right of raising troops being one of the rights of sovereignty , and consequently appertaining exclusively to the ...
... given to either , unless stipulated by treaty , in men , arms , or anything else directly serving for war ; that the right of raising troops being one of the rights of sovereignty , and consequently appertaining exclusively to the ...
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... given mutually to their con- suls jurisdiction in certain cases especially enumerated . But that convention gives to neither the power of establishing complete courts of admiralty within the territory of the other , nor even of deciding ...
... given mutually to their con- suls jurisdiction in certain cases especially enumerated . But that convention gives to neither the power of establishing complete courts of admiralty within the territory of the other , nor even of deciding ...
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Page 334 - I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Page 429 - It completely reverses all the political relations of the United States, and will form a new epoch in our political course.
Page 138 - ... the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England. In short, we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils. But we shall preserve it; and our mass of weight and wealth on the good side is so great, as to leave no danger that force will ever be attempted against us. We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during the first sleep which succeeded our labors.
Page 430 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market...
Page 290 - According to these bases, you were right to assert that whatever plenipotentiary the Government of the United States might send to France to put an end to the existing differences between the two countries would be undoubtedly received with the respect due to the representative of a free, independent, and powerful nation.
Page 329 - Let the General Government be reduced to foreign concerns only, and let our affairs be disentangled from those of all other nations, except as to commerce, which the merchants will manage the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves, and our General Government may be reduced to a very simple organization, and a very unexpensive one ; a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants.
Page 501 - Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, is made a part of the United States ; its white inhabitants shall be citizens, and stand, as to their rights and obligations, on the same footing with other citizens of the United States, in analogous situations.
Page 451 - If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Page 138 - Congress have risen," writes he. "You will have seen by their proceedings the truth of what I always observed to you, that one man outweighs them all in the influence over the people, who have supported his judgment against their own and that of their representatives. Republicanism must lie on its oars, resign the vessel to its pilot, and themselves to what course he thinks best for them.
Page 498 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union.